West Bank settlements. 12 states say “enough”

Twelve countries, among them Poland, decided to argue this. It announced sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements. The Heads of Diplomacy issued a message on 8 September: "Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom confirm their intention to introduce national and/or support European restrictions on trade in property goods that are illegal under global law". Ministers demanded that the construction of judaic settlements in occupied territories be stopped. Israel won East Jerusalem and the West Bank of Jordan in the Six Days War in 1967. In the West Bank, it creates its settlements, which is not allowed in global law. present there are 3 million Palestinians surviving in this territory and about 529,000 judaic settlers. The Palestinians want to make their own state, consisting of East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Israeli authorities do not want to hear about it. They intend to build a large E1 property that separate East Jerusalem from the Palestinian territories and teardrop the West Bank into 2 parts. In August 2025, Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich was pleased that the creation of the E1 would "bury the thought of the Palestinian State".

In fresh months, settlers have unleashed a real spiral of violence. According to sources from Israeli safety services in the first half of 2026, the number of "nationalistic crimes" committed by extremist settlers increased by 63%. The UN reports that from early 2025 to late July 2026 316 Palestinians were killed at the hands of settlers and safety officials and over 5600 were injured. Palestinians say that in 2025 the Israeli army frequently acted in their defense, but this year it does nothing to halt panic and sometimes helps perpetrators. Bassam al-Assad, the school chief for boys in the Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir, surrounded the school area with barbed wire barrier to halt the attacks. “We are afraid. The students are afraid and the parents are afraid," says al-Assad. At his school, six people were killed from bullets fired by settlers and reserve Israeli army this year, including 3 students.

Of the 12 capitals, London was the strongest

Minister for abroad Affairs Ed Miliband He gave a groundbreaking speech in Parliament: “The British government is in agreement that cultural cleansing in the West Bank areas is being carried out by terrorists among settlers. besides frequently the government of Israel turned a blind eye. Moreover, its members made statements and took measures to support the forced displacement of Palestinians." He announced sanctions against exports from illegal settlements. The Prime Minister supported it Andy Burnham“ large Britain must stand up for justice... Where people are intimidated and driven out of homes, we will always stand by the weaker.”

It caused rage in Tel Aviv. Head of judaic State Diplomacy Gidon Sa’ar announced the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem. 12 Britons, including eleven MPs, considered to be “anti-Semites”, were banned from entering Israel. Britain will no longer be able to participate in the United States-led coordination mission in Gaza.